2017 Gao bombing

The 2017 Gao bombing occurred on 18 January 2017 when an al-Mourabitoun suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden military vehicle into the Joint Operational Mechanism military base of the Malian Army near Gao, Mali, killing 77 people and injuring around 115. al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed that the attack was in response to Mali's cooperation with France, and the rising death toll would make it the deadliest terrorist attack in Malian history.